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- Page 1 Allied Vision GigE Cameras Installation Manual GigE Vision Cameras V1.2.0 20 March 2015 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D-07646 Stadtroda, Germany...
- Page 2 Vision Technologies are brands protected by law. Warranty The information provided by Allied Vision Technologies is supplied without any guarantees or warranty whatsoever, be it specific or implicit. Also, excluded are all implicit warranties concerning the negotiability, the suitability for specific applications or the non-breaking of laws and patents.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Installing VIMBA Viewer ....................22 Installing GigE Sample Viewer..................24 Starting the camera ..................25 Power up ........................25 Connect to host application..................... 25 Using Allied Vision viewer applications ..........26 Using VIMBA Viewer....................... 26 Launching application ....................26 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 4 Is the camera listed in Viewer but can't acquire images? ........... 49 How to minimize/eliminate dropped packets? ..............50 Troubleshooting for Bigeye G cameras only (IOD mode) ............ 51 Additional references ..................52 Index ...........................53 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 5: Contacting Allied Vision
Tel.: +65 6634-9027 Fax: +65 6634-9029 e-mail: info@alliedvision.com Allied Vision Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 2-2109 Hongwell International Plaza 1602# ZhongShanXi Road Shanghai 200235, China Tel.: +86 (21) 64861133 Fax: +86 (21) 54233670 e-mail: info@alliedvision.com AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 6: Introduction
Allied Vision Technical Manuals unique for each camera family. For detailed information on camera features and controls specific to the Allied Vision GigE cameras refer to the GigE Camera and Driver Attributes and GigE Features Reference documents. Allied Vision product literature: http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-... -
Page 7: Manual Conventions
Caution This symbol highlights important instructions. You have to follow these instructions to avoid malfunctions. This symbol highlights URLs for further information. The URL itself is shown in blue. Example: http://www.alliedvision.com AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 8: Additional Information
Allied Vision GigE cameras. Allied Vision accessories Note Allied Vision offers a wide range of accessories for the use of Allied Vision GigE cameras and the easy integration in already existing applications. • Gigabit Ethernet accessories including standard GigE components as well as PoE capable GigE components. - Page 9 Allied Vision’s Vimba SDK is based on the GenICam standard. GenICam-based third-party software automatically connects with Vimba's transport layers. Additionally, Vimba includes the Cognex Adapter for VisionPro. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 10: Safety Instructions
Please be advised that, as a side effect, this filter reduces sensitivity in the visible spectrum. See camera technical manual for the location of IR cut filter. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 11: Sensor Safety Instructions
(which can push dust into cameras and lenses). • Use only optical quality tissue/cloth if you must clean a lens or filter. Ask your dealer if you are not familiar with these procedures. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 12: Safety Instructions For Board Level Cameras (Only Manta And Prosilica Gb)
• Do not remove the sensor board and main board from its anti-static packaging unless your body is grounded. • ESD shielding: To protect the boards from radiation of other modules or devices use a special ESD protective housing. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 13 Caution Board level cameras: Dirty environments • Always use clean boards. • To protect the board level cameras from debris always use in a clean environment or a protective housing. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 14: Getting Started
– Prosilica GX This guide can be applied to all of these families. Follow the links below to learn more about GigE cameras from Allied Vision. Follow this link to learn about GigE cameras from Allied Vision. http://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/cameras Optics... -
Page 15: Gige Vision Software
Allied Vision GigE cameras are GigE Vision v1.2 compliant. This means they are compatible with third-party software which offers a GigE Vision driver. Overview of installation This is an overview of the installation process: follow the hyperlinks to read the step-by-step instructions. -
Page 16: Installing Hardware
If your host computer has an available Ethernet port, this can be used with Allied Vision GigE cameras. We recommend that your camera system uses a ded- icated Ethernet port not shared with internet or local area networks. If more ports are needed, or your existing Ethernet adapter is unable to operate at Giga- bit Ethernet speeds, installing additional hardware may be required. -
Page 17: Configuring Ethernet Adapter
4. After initial Ethernet adapter hardware installation, connect the Ethernet adapter directly to the camera. The default configuration assigns an IP address automatically using the Link-Local Address range of 169.254.xxx.xxx or an address defined the by the DHCP server, if present. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 18 – Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/net- work/interfaces – Add/edit: auto eth6 iface eth6 inet static address 169.254.100.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 Where, is name of NIC con- eth6 Figure 3: Interfaces file for static IP, nected to camera. Linux Ubuntu 10.04 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 19: Optimizing Ethernet Adapter
VIMBA Viewer / GigE Sample Viewer and saved to an on board camera power up config file. PvAPI users: See ConfigFile in the GigE Camera and Driver Attributes document. VIMBA users: See SavedUserSets in the GigE Features Reference document. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 20 [Linux] – Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces – Add: mtu 8228 to appropriate interface. – Or, to temporarily increase packet size: Terminal: sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 8228, where eth0 is the camera NIC. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
- Page 21 Support for buffer size control and moderation rate settings varies greatly between network card driver providers. Follow the link below for a detailed guide to using the Linux e1000 Base Driver for the Intel PRO/1000 family of adapters: http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS- 032516.htm?wapkw=e1000+linux+base+driver+for+the+intel+pr o%2f1000 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 22: Installing Camera Software
Installing camera software This chapter presents instructions for software installation specific to Windows 7. Allied Vision GigE cameras can be operated under earlier versions of Windows including XP. Suggestions specific to Linux, QNX and OSX are also offered when applicable. Allied Vision offers two main SDKs for its GigE Vision cameras—... - Page 23 configuration of a camera in a foreign subnet. Running it as root user instead of using sudo -E requires you to set the environment variables manually. Figure 8: VIMBA Viewer, Linux Ubuntu 12.04 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 24: Installing Gige Sample Viewer
– Set the “setuid” permission bit on the executable. – In code, when application starts, use capset() to release all but these privileges: CAP_SYS_NICE, CAP_NET_ADMIN, CAP_NET_BROADCAST, CAP_NET_RAW. The application starts with all root privileges, but it drops them immediately after startup. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 25: Starting The Camera
Crossover cabling is not required, but works—the camera has cir- cuitry to determine if a crossover cable is being used. Accessories: Please contact Allied Vision sales representative or your local Allied Vision dealer for information on accessories: http://www.alliedvision.com/en/about-us/where-we- are.html AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 26: Using Allied Vision Viewer Applications
Figure 9: VIMBA Viewer window If a camera does not appear after some time, try the following: • Confirm the camera is powered. • Confirm the Ethernet cable is connected to the host PC. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 27: Opening Live View: Viewer Toolbar
10. “Running” means continuous acquisition, whereas, “Ready” means camera is ready to acquire images. The freerun button is used to start/stop the live view. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 28: Adjusting Camera Controls: Controller Window
This is a tool used to monitor in-camera events such as EventAc- quisitionEnd, EventAcquisitionStart, EventExposureEnd, etc. The factory default settings disable all event notifications. Use the camera controls to select which events to monitor. Figure 11: VIMBA Viewer events and controls AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 29: Live Histogram
Figure 12: Live histogram in VIMBA Viewer Note Histogram is ONLY supported for the following pixel formats: • Mono8 • RGB8 • BGR8 • YUV444 • BayerRG12Packed AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 30: Using Gige Sample Viewer
If the images are too dark, point the camera directly at a light source to ensure images are not being dropped. If no images appear proceed to Troubleshooting on page 47. Figure 14: GigE Sample Viewer live view AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 31: Adjusting Camera Controls
Camera information Select the desired camera from the cameras window of the GigE Sample Viewer. Click the information icon, shown left. The information window provides camera identify information including the serial number and part number. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 32: Event Channel
ExposureEnd, etc. The factory default settings disable all event noti- fications. Use the camera controls to select which events to monitor. View the EventID to understand the display format in the Events window. Figure 17: GigE Sample Viewer events and controls AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 33: Rs232 Serial Interface
Viewer. Click the serial icon, shown left, to open the serialIO window. This tool controls the camera’s RS232 port which communicates across the RXD and TXD pins on the camera IO port. All Allied Vision GigE cameras except Mako offer an RS232 port. -
Page 34: Exporting Camera Settings
PvAPI SDK from Allied Vision. See the application note: http://www.alliedvision.com/fileadmin/content/documents/ products/cameras/various/appnote/PvAPI_- _Saving_and_Loading_Camera_Attributes_with_Text_File.pdf Figure 20: GigE Sample Viewer exporting camera setup Figure 21: Camera settings text file exported from the camera AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 35: Modifying Camera Ip Address
Modifying camera IP address Modifying camera IP address Allied Vision GigE cameras support a number of IP addressing modes. Cameras shipped from the factory are configured to DHCP. If a DHCP server is not present, the camera uses the LLL / Auto IP configuration mode. -
Page 36: For Pvapi Users
– Select the camera(s) you wish to alter, select Change. – Select Use the following IP address. – Enter desired IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. Figure 24: Setting fixed camera IP address using IPConfig application AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 37 [Linux, OSX, QNX] With the camera(s) connect to the host, run the CLipConfig program included in the AVT GigE SDK/bin-pc directory. Source code is included in the examples. Figure 25: CLipConfig application command line options AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 38: Using Multiple Cameras
Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth is 1 Gbps (Gigabit per second) ~ 125 MBps (Mega- bytes per second). Example 1 can be accommodated using a single Ethernet port, whereas, example 2 and 3 require multiple Ethernet ports in order to increase the available bandwidth. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 39: Single Ethernet Port
Camera 3: GC2450, full resolution, Mono8 pixel format, at 5 fps Bandwidth usage = 2448 x 2050 x 1 x 5 = 25,092,000 Bps Set StreamBytesPerSecond = 25,092,000 Bps. Total bandwidth consumed = 31,104,000 + 9,600,000 + 25,092,000 = 65,796,000 Bps AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 40: Multiple Ethernet Ports
IP address that overlaps with the binary 1’s (decimal 255 in following example) of the subnet mask. Camera 1 Adapter 1 169.254.100.2 169.254.100.1 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 Camera 2 Adapter 2 169.254.200.2 169.254.200.1 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 Figure 29: Camera and adapter IP address example AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 41 Modifying camera IP address on page 35. – Set the following IP addresses: Camera1 IP Address: 169.254.100.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Adapter1 IP Address: 169.254.200.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Figure 31: IPConfig camera IP address configuration window AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 42: Implementing Link Aggregation
GX1050 camera using Mono8 pixel format and outputting 100 fps Bandwidth usage = Resolution x Pixel format x Frame rate = 1024 x 1024 x 1 (1 byte for Mono8) x 100 ~ 105 MBps AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 43: Configuring Link Aggregation
Next Figure 33: Intel adapter properties – Select the desired adapters corre- teaming tab sponding to the ports to be used by the Prosilica GX camera, click Next Figure 34: Team wizard adapter selection AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 44 – Add/edit: auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 169.254.100.101 netmask 255.255.0.0 bond-slaves eth6 eth7 bond_mode 0 Figure 36: Interfaces file for bonding mtu 8228 where, eth6 and eth7 are the NICs to be bonded. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
- Page 45 – Select Ethernet, click gear icon, Manage Virtual Interfaces – Click the Add (+) button, and select New Link Aggregate – Select the ports to bond from the list, click Create, Done. Figure 37: Manage Virtual Interfaces. OSX AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 46: Multicasting Configuration
> sudo route -n add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0 where, eth0 is the adapter used for camera. [OSX] (PvAPI only) Multicasting is not supported on Mac OS X. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 47: Troubleshooting
Run the IpConfig application installed with the GigE Sample Viewer. You may need to wait up to one minute for the camera to appear. Figure 38: GigEIpConfig [Linux, OSX, QNX] In AVT GigE SDK/bin-pc/<correct architecture>/ directory: Terminal: sudo ./CLiPConfig -l AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 48 Troubleshooting If you are still having problems, type: ipconfig /all in a command prompt [win- dows]; ifconfig -a in terminal [Linux, OSX, QNX]. Send resulting screenshot to support@alliedvision.com. Figure 39: ipconfig /all. Windows AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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Page 49: Is The Camera Listed In Viewer But Can't Acquire Images
– For VIMBA Viewer: ExposureTimeAbs – For GigE Sample Viewer: ExposureValue • Ensure the camera lens is properly installed and the lens cap has been removed. Note If you are still having problems, email to support@alliedvision.com. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 50: How To Minimize/Eliminate Dropped Packets
(124,000,000 MBps). • GX Only: With LAG, you may need to increase GvspLookbackWindow/ GVSPMaxLookBack. For more information on GvspLookbackWindow/ GVSPMaxLookBack, see: PvAPI users: GigE Camera and Driver Attributes VIMBA users: GigE Features Reference AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 51: Troubleshooting For Bigeye G Cameras Only (Iod Mode)
ExposureTimeAbs/ExposureValue. Other/External LineX/SyncInX Camera produces a single image for every impulse at the selected trigger input pin. The pulse width defines the exposure time. Table 5: Comparison of IOD modes and trigger modes AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 52: Additional References
Additional references Additional references Product webpage http://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/cameras Product manuals http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation VIMBA SDK http://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/software PvAPI SDK - (Under Legacy Software) http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/software-downloads Knowledge base http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-papers-knowledge-base Case studies http://www.alliedvision.com/en/applications Firmware http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/firmware AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... -
Page 53: Index
Network Interface Card (NIC) .18 Film icon..........32 Floppy disk icon ........34 Freerun button........27 Operating systems ........15 Optical filter ..........10 Getting started......... 14 Optical quality tissue......... 11 GigE Sample Viewer22 Optics ............ 14 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0... - Page 54 Transmit buffers ........19 Troubleshooting........47 Bigeye G..........51 Using multiple cameras Multiple Ethernet ports ......40 Single Ethernet port ......39 Viewer toolbar ........27 VIMBA ..........15 VIMBA Viewer ..22 Wrench icon ..........31 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0...
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